The Pluscarden community by custom gathers at noon on the 1st of January for a fraternal exchange of New Year greetings.
This year we invited our Dominican Sisters from Greyfriars Convent Elgin to join us for that.
Archbishop Richard Moth of Westminster
The Death and Burial of Br. John Aidan Cook
Br. John Aidan Cook was buried here at Pluscarden on Saturday 6th December. He was not a monk of our house, though he had spent time trying his vocation with our community in 2018.
Br. John/Aidan had first tried his vocation with the Benedictine monks of Norcia in Italy. While still a Junior, both physically and mentally he found himself unable to continue on there. He came here in 2018 to see if he could live this vocation at Pluscarden.
CHRISTMAS SERVICES AT PLUSCARDEN: DECEMBER 2025 - JANUARY 2026
Community Retreat November 2025
The Community retreat, 10-15 November, was preached this year by Fr. George Bowen C.O., a member of the London Oratory. Fr. George has many years of experience of work as a school and prison Chaplain. But very notably he has been acting recently as Postulator for the Cause of promoting St. John Henry Newman to be a Doctor of the Universal Church.
Visit of Abbot Primate Emeritus Gregory Polan OSB
Report on the Pluscarden Bees: October 2025
Report on the Pluscarden Garden: October 2025
By Br. Thomas Cole OSB, chief gardener
Farewell to a glorious and incredibly warm summer, and welcome to the bounteous and beneficial harvest of autumn! The waning of the daylight and the contraction of plant life in the polytunnels can give a slightly mournful air to this season, yet one cannot but praise God for the glorious bounty of the garden this past year. Also, of course, for the consoling colour of the fruits and leaves all about us.